Wind of the Soul

The primary focus of this post is to help anyone who’s interested in, but somewhat fearful about, the process of having a deliberate out of body experience. While this article is intended to help soothe fears about astral projection, I don’t recommend that anyone, who has a major phobia surrounding the out of body state, pursue it until they can work through or release the majority of those fears.

It’s extremely difficult to experience astral projection if your primary emotion surrounding the subject is fear. Not to mention that when fear dominates your feelings (after projecting) you may have some rough experiences while on the astral plane. When I first started having spontaneous OBEs, I had my fair share of worrisome thoughts and trepidation that accompanied the process.
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This entry is designed to provide simple tips and techniques for helping anyone who’s interested in achieving an out of body experience (OBE). If you are unaware of what astral projection is or what occurs during the process, you may want to read my “Experiences Out of the Body” Part 1 & Part 2 posts. While much has been written about this very subject matter- I want to share the specific techniques that have helped me to continually project my consciousness away from the physical body

Many people find that achieving an OBE is easiest during the first few moments after, or immediately prior to falling asleep at night. These circumstances place you in a perfectly relaxed state that is conducive to projecting your consciousness. Meditation is another option which provides a gateway to astral projection. When you reach deep levels within your meditation you are achieving a similar state of relaxation that occurs prior to sleep. I have had success with both of these methods and a few others, but for the purpose of this article I want to focus on meditation and the initial moments before drifting off to sleep.
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In my last entry, Experiences Out of the Body – Part 1, I discussed an encounter I had during meditation. Within a few hours of having the experience, I was on the internet searching for descriptions of the sensations and symptoms I encountered. All of my research pointed to the same phenomenon, known by two different names: out of body experience (O.B.E.) and astral projection.

I began devouring as much information on the subject as possible. Somewhere in my childhood or early adulthood I had heard of individuals having similar experiences, but I never paid much attention to the accounts and knew nothing of the incredible sensations that could accompany them.
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A few years ago I had an experience while meditating that shook the entire foundation of my reality. At that time in my life I was utilizing meditation to relax my nerves and to benefit from its calming effects. Nothing fancy- just lying on the bed, in the dark, in some loose clothing, while breathing deeply. I had been practicing my technique for a few weeks and was experiencing very positive results in the area of relaxing general anxiety.

On this particular night I began my meditative process as usual, but this time I slipped into a very deep state of relaxation with an unusual sense of ease. From that point on (during the same session) I continued reaching deeper and deeper states of relaxation. My entire body began to numb up, as if it had just been given a form of anesthesia. I enjoyed the sensation or should I say, the lack of sensation for quite some time- that is, until the buzzing began.
(Read the rest of Experiences Out of the Body – Part 1…)